EP1886283A2 - Plateau de distribution pour un distributeur - Google Patents

Plateau de distribution pour un distributeur

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EP1886283A2
EP1886283A2 EP06760648A EP06760648A EP1886283A2 EP 1886283 A2 EP1886283 A2 EP 1886283A2 EP 06760648 A EP06760648 A EP 06760648A EP 06760648 A EP06760648 A EP 06760648A EP 1886283 A2 EP1886283 A2 EP 1886283A2
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product
tray
row
drive
threaded shaft
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Steven M. Zychinski
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Coin Acceptors Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/38—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F11/00—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles
    • G07F11/02—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines
    • G07F11/38—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal
    • G07F11/42—Coin-freed apparatus for dispensing, or the like, discrete articles from non-movable magazines in which the magazines are horizontal the articles being delivered by motor-driven means

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  • vending machines have been used to dispense beverages.
  • cans or glass or plastic bottles are stacked in a vertical or offset-vertical columns and dispensed from the bottom of the columns into a holding area below the columns where the customer can retrieve the beverage.
  • a funnel-type diverter will be used to divert the beverage to the location of the holding area and also to prevent the beverage container from being damaged during the drop.
  • This configuration requires that the column be shorter than the height of the machine so that the beverage can be dropped into the holding area below the column.
  • storage space that could be used to increase capacity is wasted on the holding area. This is undesirable because in the vending industry it is preferable to have the maximum capacity of product in a machine of a given size in order to maximize sales and maximize the time between product restocking.
  • vending machines incorporating products, typically snacks and candy, have utilized trays having horizontal columns of product placed between each revolution of a helical shaft.
  • the shaft is rotated one revolution, which causes an item near the end of the screw to be forced forward and become disassociated from the helical shaft.
  • the product will drop from the front of the tray into a holding area that can be accessed by the customer to retrieve the item.
  • the holding area must be lower than the lowest tray so that an item may drop into the holding area.
  • space associated with the holding area is not used for storing product, thus wasting some usable space.
  • the helical shaft is not particularly suited for beverage containers.
  • vending machine such as that shown in U.S. Patent No. 6,556,889 to Rudick et al., uses an elevator to receive product that is dropped from sloping trays.
  • the product slides down the sloped trays by the force of gravity into the elevator that is moveable to a location adjacent the tray.
  • An actuator located between the lowermost beverage and the elevator selectively allows a beverage to pass into the elevator.
  • the elevator then moves to a second location whereby a conveyor belt in the elevator conveys the beverage to one side of the elevator where it is conveyed into a holding area to the side of the elevator.
  • the vending machine of the '889 patent utilizes sloped shelves, some of the vertical capacity of the vending machine is wasted.
  • the present invention provides a tray for a product vending machine comprising a flat base upon which product to be vended may be placed. A plurality of walls are attached to the base which define rows into which product is organized. A channel within the flat base houses a threaded shaft. The threaded shaft threadingly attaches to a product drive member.
  • FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a vending machine tray according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial view of the vending machine tray of FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a front perspective view of a partially disassembled vending machine tray according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a partially assembled vending machine tray according to an embodiment of the present invention. - A -
  • FIG. 5 is a front perspective view of two unattached vending machine trays according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a front perspective view of two attached vending machine trays according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a top view of two attached vending machine trays having product loaded therein according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a rear perspective view of a partially assembled vending machine tray according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a partial view of an elevator for use with the tray of the present invention with the product dispenser drive retracted;
  • FIG. 10 is a partial view of an elevator for use with the tray of the present invention with the product dispenser drive extended;
  • FIG. 11 is a front perspective view of a partially assembled vending machine tray with a product present indicator retracted and extended. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
  • the present invention is a vending machine dispenser tray 10.
  • the tray 10 is most suited for vending beverage items such as soda, water, juices, etc. although nothing prevents application of this invention to non-beverage items.
  • the tray 10 has a front 11 and comprises rows 12 that are defined by upstanding walls 14 attached to a base 16 having a front 17. As shown in FIG. 2, at an end 18 of the walls 14 is attached a pair of resilient arms 20. Two resilient arms 20 extend from each wall 14, such that a pair of arms 20 from adjacent walls 14 cooperate to at least partially block the end of each row 12.
  • Located within a channel 13 formed within each row 12 of the base 16 is a threaded shaft 22 that is threaded into a product backstop or drive member 24.
  • FIGs. 3 and 4 show that each threaded shaft 22 has a gear 26 that is located near the front 17 of the base 16.
  • Each gear 26 is driven by a rotatable drive shaft 28 having a mating gear 30.
  • the drive shaft 28 further defines a smooth outer surface 32.
  • Also provided in the front 17 of the base 16 and adjacent the drive shaft 28 is a linear coil spring 34 wrapped around a rotatable spring shaft 36. An end of the spring 34 is attached to the drive shaft 28, and the other end of the spring 34 is attached to the spring shaft 36.
  • the drive shaft 28 and spring shaft 36 are mounted to the base 16 into a drive shaft hole 38 and onto a spring shaft pin 40, respectively.
  • the spring 34 is wrapped around the smooth outer surface 32 of the drive shaft 28 and the spring shaft 36 is rotated counterclockwise as the spring 34 uncoils.
  • the natural bias of the spring 34 causes the spring 34 to resist being wrapped onto the drive shaft 28. Therefore, the natural bias of the spring 34 urges the drive shaft 28 counterclockwise.
  • the product drive member 24 is threaded onto the threaded shaft 22. Because the drive shaft 28 is urged counterclockwise, the drive shaft 28 urges the threaded shaft 22 clockwise through the mating gears 26 and 30. The result of the threaded shaft 22 being urged clockwise is that the product drive member 24 is urged to the front 11 of the row 12.
  • the right side 42 of the base 16 defines interlocking fingers 44 and the left side 45 of the base 16 defines interlocking fingers 46.
  • the fingers interlock such that the two bases 16 may be locked together to make a larger tray 10, as shown in FIG. 6.
  • the tray is comprised of two rows 12. Therefore, by locking the bases 16 together, a larger tray 10 comprised of any even number of rows 12 can be used within vending machines of various sizes. However, nothing should be construed to limit the invention any particular number of rows and more or fewer rows may be implemented within a tray without departing from the scope of the present invention, for example bases of only a single row that lock together to form a larger tray.
  • the bases 16 are interlocked together to form a proper width tray 10 suitable for a particular vending machine. Multiple rows of trays are further provided within the vending machine and the rows 12 of the trays 10 are filled with product 100 to be vended, as shown in FIG. 7.
  • the product 100 may be of various sizes as large as the width of the row 12 or as small as slightly larger than half the width of the row 12.
  • the product drive member 24 abuts the rearmost product 100 and the force provided by the spring 34 urges the product 100 within the row 12 against the resilient arms 20 at the front 11 of the tray 10. In this manner the product 100 awaits vending by the machine.
  • an elevator 102 When the time for vending the product 100 arrives, an elevator 102, as shown in FIG. 8, is moved to the desired product row 12 for vending.
  • the elevator 102 comprises a cup for holding the vended product and transporting it to a customer pickup station (not shown).
  • the elevator 102 determines the precise location of the product to be vended by first traveling to an expected location of the row 12 within the vending machine for the product.
  • the expected location may not be the precise location of the row 12 containing the product to be vended.
  • the elevator 102 begins searching in the area of the expected location until a sensor 103 carried by the elevator 102, such as a Hall Effect sensor or a reed switch, locates an indicator 105, such as a magnet, such indicator 105 being located with respect to each row 12 location.
  • a sensor 103 carried by the elevator 102 such as a Hall Effect sensor or a reed switch, locates an indicator 105, such as a magnet, such indicator 105 being located with respect to each row 12 location.
  • an electromechanical device within the elevator 102 extends a product dispenser drive 104 from a retracted position (FIG. 9) to an extended position (FIG. 10).
  • the product dispenser drive 104 has a cooperating shape to that of the drive shaft 28 and mates with the drive shaft 28 to rotate it.
  • the product drive member 24 forces product 100 toward the elevator 102 and past the resilient arms 20. Once the product 100 passes the resilient arms 20, it enters the elevator 102 and the product dispenser drive 104 of the elevator 102 stops rotating. The product dispenser drive 104 of the elevator 102 is then retracted and the elevator 102 takes the product 100 for dispensing to a customer.
  • a sensor 103 may be provided on the elevator that detects the presence of an indicator 48 with respect to the product drive member 24, as shown in FIG. 11. While product 100 is located within the row 12, the indicator 48 is retracted and not detected by the sensor. In this manner, the vending machine determines that product 100 remains in a particular row. When product 100 no longer is located within the row 12, the indicator 48 is extended and detected by the sensor, and thus detects the absence of product 100 before attempting to vend the product and alerts a consumer to make an alternate product choice.
  • the product elevator 102 can attempt to vend product and if after a predetermined period of time no product 100 is dispensed, the vending machine will determine that no product is present within the row.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un plateau (10) destiné à un distributeur de produits. Ce plateau comprend une base plate (16) sur laquelle le produit à vendre peut être placé. Une pluralité de parois (14) sont fixées à la base (16), ces parois définissant des rangées (12) dans lesquelles les produits sont organisés. Un canal (13) situé à l'intérieur de la base plate (16) renferme un arbre fileté (22). Cet arbre fileté (22) est fixé de manière filetée à un élément d'entraînement de produits (24).
EP06760648A 2005-06-02 2006-06-02 Plateau de distribution pour un distributeur Expired - Fee Related EP1886283B1 (fr)

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US70126905P 2005-07-21 2005-07-21
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CN (1) CN101218610B (fr)
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